I was pretty far gone, but not so far gone that I thought anyone with half a toehold in reality would think what we were doing was a good idea.

The things that break your heart when you think there`s nothing left to break

This was what happiness felt like - this wondrous, miraculous alternative to dread.

My daughter is a fantastic travelling companion - she's totally organised, whereas I'm hopeless.

Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.

I've noticed that the magic getting along with someone isn't really magic. If you break it down, you can see how it happens. You say something a bit off-center and see if they react. If they get it, they push it a bit further. Then it's your turn again. And theirs. And so on, until it's banter. Once it's banter, it's friendship.

it was love, of course, though I didn't know it then and Finn was both its subject and object. He accepted love instinctively, without responsibility or conditions, like a wild thing glimpsed through trees.